List of Olympic Games host cities

Since the Modern Olympics began in 1896, there have been 25 Summer Olympic Games held in 22 different cities and 22 Winter Olympic Games held in 19 different cities. In addition, three summer and two winter editions of the Games were scheduled to take place but were later cancelled due to war: Berlin (summer) in 1916, Tokyo (summer) and Sapporo (winter) in 1940, and London (summer) and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (winter) in 1944. The 1906 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, are no longer officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which refers to them as 1906 Intercalated Games, although they were at the time.[1] Three cities have been chosen by the IOC to host upcoming Olympic Games: Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympics, and Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Seven cities have hosted the Olympic Games more than once: Athens (1896 1906 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics), Paris (1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics), London (1908, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics), St. Moritz (1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics), Lake Placid (1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics), Los Angeles (1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics), and Innsbruck (1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics). Tokyo will join this list in 2020, with the 1964 and 2020 Summer Olympics. In addition, Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics and the equestrian portion of the 1956 Summer Olympics.[b] London has become the first city to have hosted three Games as of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The United States has hosted a total of eight Olympic Games, more than any other country, followed by France with five editions. Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom have each hosted three Games.

The Games have primarily been hosted in the continents of Europe (30 editions) and North America (12 editions); five Games have been hosted in Asia and two have been hosted in Oceania. In 2016, Rio de Janeiro will become South America's first Olympic host city, while the African continent is yet to host the Olympic Games. Other major geographic regions which have not hosted the Olympics include the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia.

Host cities are selected by the IOC membership, usually seven years in advance.[2] The selection process lasts approximately two years. In a first stage, any city in the world may submit an application to become a host city. After 10 months, the Executive Board of the IOC decides which of these applicant cities will become official candidates as based on the recommendation of a working group that reviews the applications. In a second stage, the candidate cities are investigated thoroughly by an Evaluation Commission, which then submits a final short list of cities to be considered for selection. The host city is then chosen by vote of the IOC Session, a general meeting of IOC members.[3]

Olympic Host Cities

For individual summer and winter lists, see List of modern Summer Olympic Games and List of Winter Olympic Games.
City Country Continent Summer Winter Season Year Opening Ceremony Closing Ceremony
Athens GreeceEuropeI—Summer1896April 6April 15
Paris FranceEuropeII—Summer1900May 14October 28
St. Louis[a] United StatesNorth AmericaIII—Summer1904July 1November 23
Athens GreeceEurope[f]—Summer1906April 22May 2
London United KingdomEuropeIV—Summer1908April 27October 31
Stockholm SwedenEuropeV—Summer1912May 5July 22
Berlin GermanyEuropeVI—Summer1916 Cancelled due to WWI[4]
Antwerp[g] BelgiumEuropeVII—Summer1920April 20September 12[5]
Chamonix FranceEurope—IWinter1924January 25February 4[6]
Paris FranceEuropeVIII—Summer1924May 4July 27[7]
St. Moritz  SwitzerlandEurope—IIWinter1928February 11February 19[8]
Amsterdam NetherlandsEuropeIX—Summer1928May 17August 12[9]
Lake Placid United StatesNorth America—IIIWinter1932February 4February 15[10]
Los Angeles United StatesNorth AmericaX—Summer1932July 30August 14[11]
Garmisch-Partenkirchen GermanyEurope—IVWinter1936February 6February 16[12]
Berlin GermanyEuropeXI—Summer1936August 1August 16[13]
Sapporo JapanAsia—VWinter1940 Cancelled due to WWII[4]
Helsinki FinlandEuropeXII—Summer1940 Cancelled due to WWII[4]
Cortina d'Ampezzo ItalyEurope—VWinter1944 Cancelled due to WWII[4]
London United KingdomEuropeXIII—Summer1944 Cancelled due to WWII[4]
St. Moritz  SwitzerlandEurope—VWinter1948January 30February 8
London United KingdomEuropeXIV—Summer1948July 29August 14
Oslo NorwayEurope—VIWinter1952February 14February 25
Helsinki FinlandEuropeXV—Summer1952July 19August 3
Cortina d'Ampezzo ItalyEurope—VIIWinter1956January 26February 5
Melbourne
Stockholm[c]		 Australia
 Sweden		Oceania
Europe		XVI—Summer1956November 22
June 10		December 8
June 17
Squaw Valley United StatesNorth America—VIIIWinter1960February 18February 28
Rome ItalyEuropeXVII—Summer1960August 25September 11
Innsbruck AustriaEurope—IXWinter1964January 29February 9
Tokyo JapanAsiaXVIII—Summer1964October 10October 24
Grenoble FranceEurope—XWinter1968February 6February 18
Mexico City MexicoNorth AmericaXIX—Summer1968October 12October 27
Sapporo JapanAsia—XIWinter1972February 3February 13
Munich West GermanyEuropeXX—Summer1972August 26September 11
Innsbruck AustriaEurope—XIIWinter1976February 4February 15
Montreal CanadaNorth AmericaXXI—Summer1976July 17August 1
Lake Placid United StatesNorth America—XIIIWinter1980February 12February 24
Moscow Soviet Union/ RussiaEurope[d]XXII—Summer1980July 19August 3
Sarajevo Yugoslavia/ Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope—XIVWinter1984February 7February 19
Los Angeles United StatesNorth AmericaXXIII—Summer1984July 28August 12
Calgary CanadaNorth America—XVWinter1988February 13February 28
Seoul South KoreaAsiaXXIV—Summer1988September 17October 2
Albertville FranceEurope—XVIWinter1992February 8February 23
Barcelona SpainEuropeXXV—Summer1992July 25August 9
Lillehammer NorwayEurope—XVIIWinter1994February 12February 27
Atlanta United StatesNorth AmericaXXVI—Summer1996July 19August 4
Nagano JapanAsia—XVIIIWinter1998February 7February 22
Sydney AustraliaOceaniaXXVII—Summer2000September 15October 1
Salt Lake City United StatesNorth America—XIXWinter2002February 8February 24
Athens GreeceEuropeXXVIII—Summer2004August 13August 29
Turin ItalyEurope—XXWinter2006February 10February 26
Beijing[e] ChinaAsiaXXIX—Summer2008August 8August 24
Vancouver CanadaNorth America—XXIWinter2010February 12February 28
London United KingdomEuropeXXX—Summer2012July 27August 12
Sochi RussiaAsia[d]—XXIIWinter2014February 7February 23
Rio de Janeiro BrazilSouth AmericaXXXI—Summer2016August 5August 21
Pyeongchang South KoreaAsia—XXIIIWinter2018February 9February 25
Tokyo JapanAsiaXXXII—Summer2020[14] July 24August 9

Statistics

Host cities for multiple Olympic Games In Summer and Winter

List of cities that hosted multiple editions of the Olympic Games
CityCountryContinentSummer OlympicsWinter Olympics Total
London United KingdomEurope3 (1908, 1948, 2012)03
Paris FranceEurope2 (1900, 1924)02
Los Angeles United StatesNorth America2 (1932, 1984)02
Athens GreeceEurope2 (1896, 2004)02
Tokyo JapanAsia2 (1964, 2020)02
Lake Placid United StatesNorth America02 (1932, 1980)2
Innsbruck AustriaEurope02 (1964, 1976)2
St. Moritz  SwitzerlandEurope02 (1928, 1948)2

Number of Olympic Games by country

Nations that have hosted the Summer Olympics
  4 times or more
  3 times
  2 times
  1 time
  Never held games
Nations that have hosted the Winter Olympics
  4 times or more
  3 times
  2 times
  1 time
  Never held games
List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted the Olympic Games
RankCountryContinentSummer Olympics Winter OlympicsTotal
1 United StatesNorth America4 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996)4 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002)8
2 FranceEurope2 (1900, 1924)3 (1924, 1968, 1992)5
3 JapanAsia2 (1940, 1964, 2020) 2 (1940, 1972, 1998)4
4 CanadaNorth America1 (1976)2 (1988, 2010)3
5 United KingdomEurope3 (1908, 1944, 1948, 2012)03
5 ItalyEurope1 (1960)2 (1944, 1956, 2006)3
5 GermanyEurope2 (1916, 1936, 1972)1 (1936)3
8 South KoreaAsia1 (1988)1 (2018) 2
8 Soviet Union/ RussiaEurope1 (1980)1 (2014) 2
8 AustraliaOceania2 (1956, 2000)02
8Greece/ GreeceEurope2 (1896, 2004)02
8 NorwayEurope02 (1952, 1994)2
8 AustriaEurope02 (1964, 1976)2
8  SwitzerlandEurope02 (1928, 1948)2
15 BrazilSouth America1 (2016)01
15 ChinaAsia1 (2008)01
15 SpainEurope1 (1992)01
15 SFR YugoslaviaEurope01 (1984)1
15 MexicoNorth America1 (1968)01
15 FinlandEurope1 (1940, 1952)01
15 NetherlandsEurope1 (1928)01
15 BelgiumEurope1 (1920)01
15 SwedenEurope1 (1912)01

Notes

  • c Equestrian events were held in Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm had to bid for the equestrian competition separately; it received its own Olympic flame and had its own formal invitations and opening and closing ceremonies, just like the regular Summer Olympics.[18]
  • e Equestrian events were held in China's Hong Kong SAR.[19] Although Hong Kong's separate NOC conducted the equestrian competition, it was an integral part of the Beijing Games; it is not conducted under a separate bid, flame, etc., as was the 1956 Stockholm equestrian competition. The IOC website lists only Beijing as the host city.[20]
  • f the 1906 Games were considered to be official at the time, and the records were listed in the record books as late as the year 2000.

References

  1. ↑ Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D. (2004). Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-313-32278-5.
  2. ↑ Group, Taylor Francis (2003). The Europa World Yearbook. Taylor and Francis Group. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
  3. ↑ "Choice of the Host City". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Durántez, Conrado (April–May 1997). "The Olympic Movement, a twentieth-century phenomenon" (PDF). Olympic Review XXVI (14): 56–57.
  5. ↑ "Antwerp 1920". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "Chamonix 1924". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Paris 1924". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  8. ↑ "St. Moritz 1928". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  9. ↑ "Amsterdam 1928". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  10. ↑ "Lake Placid 1932". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Los Angeles 1932". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  12. ↑ "Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  13. ↑ "Berlin 1936". olympic.org. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  14. ↑ CNN Staff. "Tokyo to host 2020 Olympic Games". CNN. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  15. ↑ "St Louis 1904". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  16. ↑ "St. Louis gets Olympic Games; International Committee Sanctions the Change for the World's Fair in 1904" (PDF). The New York Times. 1903-02-12. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  17. ↑ "Rome Games moved to London". realclearsports.com. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  18. ↑ "Stockholm/Melbourne 1956". Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
  19. ↑ Tim Pile (June 25, 2008). "Hong Kong saddles up for the Olympics". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  20. ↑ "2008 Beijing Olympic home page". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-05-04.

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